The public safety D-Block has not had a bid in 25 consecutive rounds and is stuck at $472,042,000, well below the $1.3 Billion reserve price set by the FCC.

E-Block bidding has been slow with the New York City E-Block leading at $178,897,000.

23 licenses had not registered a bid at the end of round 26, 19 of these 23 are in the E-Block.

Some personal observations and opinions:

It looks (to me anyways) like the C-Block bidding may be done. Since the FCC reserve price of $4.6 Billion has been passed, the open-access that Google wanted is assured. We won't know who the winning bidders are until after the auctions have closed but I'd say Google is the current leading C-Block bidder.

Right now it does not look like the D-Block will meet the $1.3 Billion reserve price and will end up being re-auctioned by the FCC.

A number of E-Block licenses will not meet minimum bids and will also be re-auctioned.

The FCC had set an original goal of $10 Billion for the auction. With current bids totaling over $18 Billion, it appears the auction (from the FCC's perspective) will be a success.

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